It’s simple…Jackie & I represent a community that feels as though they don’t have easy access to political information.

You might not agree and you might wish that they used your methods of education, but with absent husbands (commuting to LA), crying babies, meals to cook, carpool to run, non-profit organizations to support, homework to get done…at the end of the day, they just want to check their email and GO TO BED.

Does that mean that they are less valuable to our community? Are their tax dollars less necessary to operate our city? We think no! Which is why we are committed to offering business owners and community leaders a space to reach them.

Your comment about age is unfortunate, but doesn’t surprise me. Like it or not, times are changing! That’s a fact.

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Describe easy. And those must be some really esoteric issues if you can’t find information in the SCV. I am often over-whelmed with the volume of information I get. But I read, talk with neighbors, and participate in the community. I wouldn’t say anything is hidden if you open your eyes.

In my experience, people under a certain age expect to be catered too. If it isn’t Emailed or texted to them, they think it is difficult.

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We have recently created a public policy group on our website where moms can join to discuss current events that matter to us. http://scvmomsblog.ning.com/group/publicpolicies

(Which you are all more than welcome to be a part of..and we sincerely hope that you WILL) I hope that local politicians and media will use it as a resource to get a pulse on what matters to families in the SCV.

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Maybe that is from my years of competing on the debate team at the national level in high school or serving on the board of The College Republicans for four years at Pepperdine.

By the way: I then used that experience to go on to teach high school History, Government, Economics and Public Policy in LAUSD. Issues of national, state and local politics were key discussions in my classroom…that is, my Los Angeles classroom.

This brings me to my point: I am by no means ignorant about Public Policy issues as they relate to my life on a national/state level…but for some reason, since moving to the SCV five years ago, I haven’t had an easy time finding information on issues that affect my family locally.

A member of a community should not have to rely on a Voter Registration packet to determine their vote. Instead, the issues should be accessible to all local citizens all year long. Isn’t that what it means to belong to a community?

Jackie and I work hard to represent moms whose daily life doesn’t include time to sift through blogs that may or may not support the same values that they want to teach their children. They need (and want) the cliff notes. Give them both sides, a fair debate and time to talk to friends, teachers, councilmen and business owners to make up their own minds.

I don’t regret anything I said. We represent the issues that moms face today. Our community is just like us…highly educated, intelligent…and uninformed. But each of them cares about our community.

So to me, that is just a waste of hundreds of very valuable local resources!

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Good discussion on engagement. People say that if you don’t vote you can’t complain. Well, from the number of complaints I hear compared to voter turnout I KNOW the denizens of the SCV don’t live by that creed!

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But the site by no means excludes others. It’s just meant as a resource for those who have children or take care of children locally. Otherwise, it would be called Facebook.

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I do blame people for being apathetic. But Jackie and Andrea aren’t apathetic. They are engaged and intelligent and wanted to vote.

I just think it is hard to get good information in this valley. It’s one of the reasons I started this blog.

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